NCT01817049

The Effect of a Behavioural Intervention on Injury Prevention Program Adherence in Female Youth Soccer

Examining the Effect of a Behavioural-based Intervention on Injury Prevention Program Adherence in Canadian Female Youth Soccer Players

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 214 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Calgary · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 11 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Soccer accounts for more than 10% of all sport injuries in youth requiring medical attention. The injury rates in youth soccer where there is no established injury prevention program are estimated at 22-30 injuries/100 participants/year, or 3.4-5.6 injuries/1000 participation hours. Risk reductions ranging from 32-43% have been found for youth players participating in neuromuscular training programs, such as the FIFA 11+, that include agility, balance training, and strengthening components. Although studies have shown that the FIFA 11+ is effective at reducing injuries, there is poor uptake of the program in the youth soccer community. It is therefore important to develop ways of delivering the program to soccer coaches and players in order to maximize its protective benefit. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) is a behavior change theory that has been used to successfully predict the uptake of health behaviours in a number of populations, such as cancer screening and exercise, but has not been tested in sport injury prevention settings. The primary objective of this study is to examine the effect of a HAPA-based coach education intervention on adherence to the FIFA 11+ in a group of female youth soccer players over the course of one outdoor and one indoor season. The secondary objective is to examine the dose-response relationship between program adherence and injury, comparing program adherence and injury rates in outdoor and indoor soccer. Our hypothesis is that teams whose coaches receive a HAPA-based intervention will have greater adherence to the program than teams whose coaches do not receive the intervention, and that that injury incidence will decrease as adherence to the program increases. It is expected that program adherence will be lower and injury rates will be higher in indoor soccer compared to outdoor soccer.

Detailed description

The first wave of 16 teams will be recruited in spring 2013, and will be followed through the 2013 outdoor season, followed by the 2013-2014 indoor season. The second wave of 16 teams will be recruited in fall 2013, and will be followed through the 2013-2014 indoor season, followed by the 2014 outdoor season.

Conditions

• Sport Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HAPA-based coach education workshop	A 3.5 hour workshop will target HAPA constructs by providing injury risk information (risk perceptions), FIFA 11+ effectiveness evidence (outcome expectancies), and hands-on experience administering the 11+ program to a soccer team (task self-efficacy). Action planning and coping planning exercises will also be conducted.
BEHAVIORAL	placebo attention control

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-03-22
• Last updated: 2015-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada